Comments on: An Amazing Article on Psychosis and Bipolar Psychosis

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:04:58 +0000

Is this a mixed episode, or psychosis? I read your article and have been sharing it with people I know.

This is what I have been experiencing over the last month or so:

Paranoia
Possible hallucination (just one time)
Good mood
Lots of ideas
Racing thoughts, songs going through my mind

Irritable

Unable to keep up with personal hygeine
Unable to leave the house unless ABSOLUTELY necessary
No motivation to get dressed
Very difficult to take care of kids
sleeping way too much

I have as many depressive symptoms as manic symptoms and I just realized it’s been this way for at least a month or 6 weeks. The good mood is throwing me off. It is good, but not manic good. Even though I know I would be better off not hanging around in my PJ’s, I am perfectly happy to do it. I am scolding myself for it and trying to change that behavior, but frankly, I don’t want to.

I was in a mixed episode with a depressed mood over the summer and ended up in the hospital.

Even though I know I am not functioning properly right now, I don’t really care, but I do, but I don’t.

I guess in short, I could say that I have 40 million tons of mental energy and less than an ounce of physical energy.

Is this even a mood episode or is it a psychotic episode?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:35:06 +0000

Thank you so much for your in-depth article on psychosis Julie! It was very informative and I plan on sending it to my parents so they are better able to understand what I go through when they hear the word “psychosis.”

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:14:17 +0000

Your article was very helpful for me. It not only educated me but gave me hope which I desperately need right now. My 19 year old son is currently hospitalized after a suicide attempt. They have diagnosed with as BP type 1 but possibly schizoidaffective.
After reading about the psychosis differences between the two, I am hopeful – he seems to display the BP type of psychosis instead of schizphrenic type.

By: Janetta

Janetta — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:48:02 +0000

Wow Julie. You are so strong and so articulate.
You have put a face on bi polar for so many people which has helped them to recognise it in themselves or others. Thank you so much!!

By: Melissa Miles McCarter

Melissa Miles McCarter — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:09:02 +0000

I discuss my experience with bipolar disorder and psychosis in my newly released book “Insanity: A Love Story”

In fact, my symptoms were misdiagnosed as psychosis because of my full-blown mania I was presenting and depression never presented itself.